An intriguing event

Sunshine just sent me a link to this fascinating event.

http://medialab-prado.es/

Dates: October 10 through 24, 2008
Application deadline: August 31, 2008

Anyone into magic and technology might wanna give it a visit. I won't be getting to Peru (!) but I love these kind of links.

Introduction

This new edition of Interactivos? is inspired by the strategies of magic and illusion, in order to harness some of the old and new technological resources to collectively build software pieces and interactive installations which can propose a rethinking of the usual scenario in magic tricks, marked by a very clear separation between the wizard and the spectators.
Magic and illusion have always gone hand in hand with technology; from mechanical illusions, optical and mirror tricks, through the incorporation of electricity and the filmed image, to digital technology: augmented reality, reactive objects, reality hacking and immersive spaces.
This open call follows the one celebrated with the same title in Madrid in 2007 and suggests to broaden the topic Magic and Technology through the exploration of the meanings of the magic concept within the local context of Peru.
Through a programme of reflection, research and production, Interactivos?'08 ' Magic and Technology's goals are:
· To propose magic and illusion as an approach for experiments on perception and attention, behaviour and social relationships.
· To propose a critical viewpoint on the seduction of technology and its application on the spectacle as a tool of persuasion and control.
Teachers summoned for the management of the workshop are acknowledged experts in the fields of the developing, application and spreading of open software and open hardware in creative processes and have also a long experience in the educational field and in the management of workshops.